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Re: Castes of honeybees in a hive and swarming
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Dave Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:30:58 -0600
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At 02:27 PM 11/21/01 -0600, you wrote:

>> a)  Each worker gets 1/2 its genes from the queen, and 1/2
>>      its genes from one of the 10 drones.
If you "assume" that each drone contributes an equal amount of
sperm .. doubtful, doubtful .. you could just as easily "assume"
the first fills the spermateca and the rest are "for fun" ..
or maybe don't assume at all.

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